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Word entry · 3 letters

boy

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"Lad"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /bɔɪ/Part of speech nounSorted boyStarts with BEnds with Y7 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A male child or young male person.

Word origin

From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).

Used in a sentence

  • Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.
  • The ſtretes of the cite alſo ſhalbe full of yonge boyes and damſelles, playnge vpon the ſtretes.
  • I find I was mistaken in the sex, it is a boy.

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Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues

01Lad3 letters
02Male youngster3 letters
03Young fellow3 letters
04Young lad3 letters
05Young male child3 letters
06Young son, perhaps3 letters
07Young male3 letters

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